AA38303-C
Consignment
This is a Consignment sale piece we are offering. It comes in its original box and is in like new condition.
Aviation Archive by Corgi
AA38303 Fokker DR1 Triplane, Jasta 6, Leutnant Johannes Janzen, March 1918
1:48 Scale, Measures 4.75" long x 6" wide (wingspan)
No LE Certificate
Janzen joined the German Air Force on 4 May 1916. Following pilot training he was assigned to Jasta 23 in November 1916 and scored his first victory with this unit before being reassigned to Jasta 6 in October 1917. He briefly assumed command of Jasta 4 on 28 March 1918 but just a week later returned to Jasta 6 as the new CO. Scoring his 5th victory on 4 May 1918, Janzen's Fokker Dr1 was shot down five days later. He survived the crash and scored 8 more victories, giving him a total of 13 kills, before he was shot down again on 9 June 1918. On this occasion, the interrupter gear on his Dr1 malfunctioned during a dogfight with a SPAD and he shot off his own propeller. Janzen again survived but was captured and remained a prisoner until the end of the war.